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Limavady GAC
Limavady Wolfhounds GAC ( ga, CLG Na Cúnna, Léim an Mhadaidh) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Limavady, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of Derry GAA and currently caters for both Gaelic football and camogie. Underage teams up to U-12s play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. Limavady have won the Derry Intermediate Football Championship once and the Derry Junior Football Championship three times. Gaelic football This club caters for both male and female Gaelic Football Notable footballers * John Deighan - former Derry Goalkeeper. * Callum Brown - former Derry midfielder currently playing Australian rules football for the GWS Giants in Sydney Camogie The Camogie club was reestablished in 2004 after a long absence in the parish. There are U14, and Senior Camogie teams. The Senior Team play in the intermediate Derry League. Hurling After a gap of decades, there have been ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Athletic Association
The Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA; ga, Cumann Lúthchleas Gael ; CLG) is an Irish international amateur sporting and cultural organisation, focused primarily on promoting indigenous Gaelic games and pastimes, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, Gaelic handball and rounders. The association also promotes Irish music and dance, as well as the Irish language. As of 2014, the organisation had over 500,000 members worldwide, and declared total revenues of €65.6 million in 2017. The Games Administration Committee (GAC) of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) governing bodies organise the fixture list of Gaelic games within a GAA county or provincial councils. Gaelic football and hurling are the most popular activities promoted by the organisation, and the most popular sports in the Republic of Ireland in terms of attendances. Gaelic football is also the second most popular participation sport in Northern Ireland. The women' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrim GAA
Antrim may refer to: Boats * Antrim 20, an American sailboat design People * Donald Antrim (born 1958), American writer * "Henry Antrim", an alias used by Henry McCarty, better known as Billy the Kid, a 19th-century outlaw * Harry Antrim (1884–1967) vaudeville, film and television actor (sometimes billed as "Henry Antrim") * Minna Antrim (1861–1950), American writer * Richard Antrim (1907–1969), a rear admiral in the United States Navy Places Canada * Antrim, Nova Scotia Northern Ireland * County Antrim, one of the counties of Northern Ireland * Antrim, County Antrim, the town * Antrim railway station, serving the town of Antrim * Antrim (borough), an administrative division * Antrim GAA, the Gaelic football, hurling or any other sporting teams fielded by the Antrim County Board of the Gaelic Athletic Association ** Antrim county football team * Former constituencies: ** Antrim (UK Parliament constituency) ** Antrim County (Parliament of Ireland constituency) ** A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Football Clubs In County Londonderry
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Canada. Languages * Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; they include: ** Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish, the oldest known form of the Goidelic (Gaëlic) languages. ** Old Irish or Old Gaelic, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Irish or Middle Gaelic, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish language (), including Classical Modern Irish and Early Modern Irish, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots and English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Canada ** Manx language ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaelic Games Clubs In County Londonderry
Gaelic is an adjective that means "pertaining to the Gaels". As a noun it refers to the group of languages spoken by the Gaels, or to any one of the languages individually. Gaelic languages are spoken in Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man, and Canada. Languages * Goidelic languages or Gaelic languages, a linguistic group that is one of the two branches of the Insular Celtic languages; they include: ** Primitive Irish or Archaic Irish, the oldest known form of the Goidelic (Gaëlic) languages. ** Old Irish or Old Gaelic, used c. AD 600–900 ** Middle Irish or Middle Gaelic, used c. AD 900–1200 ** Irish language (), including Classical Modern Irish and Early Modern Irish, c. 1200-1600) *** Gaelic type, a typeface used in Ireland ** Scottish Gaelic (), historically sometimes called in Scots and English *** Canadian Gaelic ( or ), a dialect of Scottish Gaelic spoken in Canada ** Manx language ( or ), Gaelic language with Norse elements Culture and history *Gaelic Ireland, the hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Gaelic Games Clubs In Ireland
This is a list of clubs in Ireland that play Gaelic games categorised by their governing bodies ( GAA provincial council and GAA county). Common abbreviations used in club names are: * CC: Camogie Club or Cumann Camogaíochta * CLG: Cumann Lúthchleas Gael (Gaelic Athletic Club, or Gaelic Athletic Association) * CPG: Cumann Peile Gaelach (Gaelic Football Club) * GAA: Gaelic Athletic Association (now often used for individual clubs) * GAC: Gaelic Athletic Club (often denotes that more than one sport is played) * GFC: Gaelic Football Club * HC: Hurling Club or Handball Club * HCC: Hurling and Camogie Club * LGFC: Ladies' Gaelic Football Club * LGFA: Ladies' Gaelic Football Association * (H): Hurling (F) Football (D) Dual Connacht Galway Defunct Galway Clubs * St Grellan's (F) * St Columba's (H) * St Sourney's (F) * St Patricks, Coldwood (F) * St Cuans (H) Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo Leinster Carlow Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glack
Glack () is a hamlet and in , . It is 4 km south of Ballykelly, in a raised spot overlooking . In the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magilligan
Magilligan () is a peninsula that lies in the northwest of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, at the entrance to Lough Foyle, within Causeway Coast and Glens district. It is an extensive coastal site, part British army firing range, part nature reserve and is home to the HM Prison Magilligan. The settlement of Magilligan Point on the lough is noted for its ferry crossing to Greencastle, County Donegal. History Magilligan gets its name from "MacGilligans country", which formed a major part of the barony of Keenaght. Magilligan served as the base line for triangulation for the mapping of Ireland in the 19th century. Colonel Thomas Colby chose Magilligan due to the flatness of the strand and its proximity to Scotland which, along with the rest of Britain, had been accurately mapped in previous decades. A straight line precisely was measured from North Station to Ballykelly in 1828 from which all other references were measured. The survey finished in 1846 when County Kerry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Roe
The River Roe is a river located in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It flows north from Glenshane in the Sperrin Mountains to Lough Foyle, via the settlements of Dungiven, Burnfoot, Limavady and Myroe. The River Roe's length is Origin The origin of the name 'Roe' is unclear. Suggestions include a Viking origin in the 8th/9th century, and the Irish 'rua', meaning 'red', i.e. the Red River. This may be a reference to the high amounts of iron found in some places along the river. The Irish government's placenames database, held by Dublin City University, identifies the Irish version of the name as . This roughly translates into English as "The River of Rowing", possibly due to common passage by oar-powered boat craft in earlier times. Geology The Roe Basin (or Roe Valley) is a wide, glacial valley. The river flows most of the way to Limavady through an open, grassy, pastoral farmland landscape before narrowing through a metamorphic rock gorge within the Roe Vall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballinascreen GAC
St Colm's Ballinascreen GAC ( ga, CLG Naomh Colm Baile na Scrine) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in Ballinascreen, which includes the town of Draperstown, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA. It currently caters for Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football and have 25 teams across the four sports. Underage teams up to U-12's play in the south Derry GAA league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. History St Colm's GAC Ballinascreen was founded in 1933. The founders were Seán Mac Diarmada, James Conway, Barney Rodgers and Eddie O'Neill and Michael Kelly. St Colm's started off impressively by winning their first two Derry Senior Football Championships in 1934 and 1935. They followed this with two Derry Senior Hurling Championships in 1938 and 1939. They added a third football championship in 1941. Matt Regan played in all five championship successes. He was a regular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavey GAC
Erin's Own GAC Lavey ( ga, Leamhaigh CLG) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Catholic parish of Lavey, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA and currently caters for Gaelic football, hurling, camogie and ladies' Gaelic football. The club's biggest success came when it won the 1991 All-Ireland Senior Club Football Championship. They have won the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship twice and have won the Derry Senior Football Championship on eight occasions. The club has won the Derry Senior Hurling Championship 19 times. Lavey won Club of the Year at the 1990 Ulster GAA Writers' Association Awards. Underage teams up to U-12s play in south Derry GAA league and championships, and teams from U-14 upwards compete in All-Derry competitions. 2019 Championship Football 2018 Championship Football 2017 Championship Football Hurling Lavey is the second most successful Derry hurling club, winning 18 Derry Senior Hurling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derry Senior Football Championship
The Derry Senior Football Championship is an annual Gaelic football competition contested by the top sixteen Derry GAA clubs. The winners receive the John McLaughlin Cup and qualify to represent Derry in the Ulster Senior Club Football Championship. Glen are the title holders (2022) and back-to-back champions defeating Slaughtneil in the Final to win their second title on 23rd October 2022. History Bellaghy have won the competition more than any other club with 21 titles. Bellaghy's Tom Scullion has more senior football championship medals than anyone in Derry, winning 12 medals between 1956 and 1971. Bellaghy and Slaughtneil are the only teams to have won four consecutive titles. As well as the four-in-a-row, Bellaghy have also won three consecutive titles on two other separate occasions. Ballinderry have also won three consecutive titles on two separate occasions. Format Current format In 2016, the championship reverted to its traditional knock-out format. All fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Banagher GAC
St Mary's Banagher GAC ( ga, CLG Naomh Mhuire Beannchar) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club based in the Feeny / Park area of County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The club is a member of the Derry GAA. Banagher is a dual club and currently caters for Gaelic football, hurling and camogie. The club motto is the Irish ''Ni neart go misneach'', which translates as "No strength like courage". Underage teams up to U-12s play in North Derry league and championships, from U-14 upwards teams compete in All-Derry competitions. The club was formed in 1965, when St Mary's Park and St Joseph's Banagher amalgamated. The club have won the Derry Senior Hurling Championship on three occasions and have been runners up three times in the Derry Senior Football Championship 2019 Championship Football 2018 Championship Football 2017 Championship Football History Up until 1965, St Mary's Park and St Joseph's Banagher were the two teams in the area. Fr. McNally went about reviving Gael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
